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245 10 a| Women in wartimeh| [electronic resource] :b| theatrical representations in the long eighteenth century /c| Paula R. Backscheider.;

260 a| Baltimore :b| Johns Hopkins University Press,c| [2022];

300 a| xiii, 437 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "During the long eighteenth century, Great Britain was almost continuously at war. This book describes how playwrights and theater managers of the period discovered and created transformative theatrical and social roles for actresses and wartime women characters. Women characters came to be central figures in bringing the war home to the nation, transforming into deeply patriotic British subjects, and this book interprets them as entertainment and as ideological and propagandistic vehicles in times of crisis"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

650 0 a| English dramay| 18th centuryx| History and criticism.=| ^A52540;

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Women in wartime theatrical representations in the long eighteenth century / Paula R. Backscheider.

Author/creator	Backscheider, Paula R., 1943-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2022]
Description	xiii, 437 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	English drama--18th century. --History and criticism. Women in literature. Women in the theater--Great Britain. --History. --18th century. Women and the military--Great Britain. --History. --18th century. Women and war--Great Britian. --History. --18th century. War and theater--Great Britain. --History. --18th century. Theater and society--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.

Abstract	"During the long eighteenth century, Great Britain was almost continuously at war. This book describes how playwrights and theater managers of the period discovered and created transformative theatrical and social roles for actresses and wartime women characters. Women characters came to be central figures in bringing the war home to the nation, transforming into deeply patriotic British subjects, and this book interprets them as entertainment and as ideological and propagandistic vehicles in times of crisis"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020057353
ISBN	9781421441672 (hardcover)
ISBN	9781421441689 (paperback)
ISBN	(ebook)

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